Improvement in attachments for street-lamps



G. M TA-YLOR'. Attachment for Stre et-Lamp.

No. 22I,877. Patented Nov. 18, 1879.

WITNESSES 'ATTORNEY N-FEIERS. PHolOumoGRAPHER, WASHINGTON n c UNITED STATES PATENTOFFIOE.

GEORGE M. TAYLOR, OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHMENTS FOR STREET-LAMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221.877, dated November 18, 1879 application filed May 24, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. TAYLOR, of Annapolis, in the county of Anne Aruudel, and in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Street-Lamp Attachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to street-lamps; and it consists in a detachable clamp for securing the panes of glass in the frame, as will hereinafter be more fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents one side of a street-lamp, the panes of which are secured in place by my clamp. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of one side of a street-lamp on line a; 00, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspective, and Fig. 4 a cross-section, of one of my clamps embracing the edge of a pane of glass. Fig. 5 represents one of the standards of a streetlamp slotted for the reception of my clamp.

A represents one of the panes, B the stand- 'ards or corner-pieces, and O the clamp. This clamp is of U shape, and has tongues c c stamped out of one side of it, by which it is attached to the standard or corner-piece by inserting the tongues in perforations b b and bending them down on the other side. With one of these clamps on each of the standards or corner-pieces, as well as upon the frame at the base of the lamp, the panes may b'e'put in place and be held securely, while at any time they may be easily removed.

' My improved clamp may also be easily remm'ed, when desired, for repairs or renewal, and may be readily attached to any ordinary street-lamp frame after it has been slotted, as shown in Fig. 5.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A clamp for securing the glass in streetlamps, having tongues c c for attaching it to the frame, as set forth.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

' GEO. M. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

EDGAR HUTTON, MARTIN M. SMITH. 

